{
  "id": "1402.2361",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2014-02-11T03:52:53.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-02-11T03:52:53.000Z",
  "title": "An explicit formula for Bell numbers in terms of Stirling numbers and hypergeometric functions",
  "authors": [
    "Feng Qi"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages",
  "categories": [
    "math.CO",
    "math.CA",
    "math.NT"
  ],
  "abstract": "In the paper, the author finds an explicit formula for computing Bell numbers in terms of Kummer confluent hypergeometric functions and Stirling numbers of the second kind.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-02-11T03:52:53.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "11B73",
      "33B10",
      "33C15"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "explicit formula",
      "stirling numbers",
      "kummer confluent hypergeometric functions",
      "author finds",
      "computing bell numbers"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014arXiv1402.2361Q"
    }
  }
}